Lin Ling scanned her up and down. She was familiar with all the dignitaries in Liangye City and had never seen this person before.
Her clothes were expensive, and her demeanor was composed. Could she be a legitimate daughter from a prominent family visiting from another city?
"Which city are you from? And what family do you belong to?"
"Black Crow City."
"Black Crow City?!" Lin Ling clicked her tongue impatiently, her face filled with disdain.
She had thought it was some pampered young lady from a noble family out for a stroll, but unexpectedly, it was a pretentious, tattered mess!
With intense contempt and scorn, Bai Ran looked at her and smiled faintly, "I have taken a liking to this man. Name your price."
In an instant, there was silence.
Jing Feng's jaw dropped in shock, unable to close. His eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets. Was he hallucinating?
Shen Xishou, standing beside him, also stiffened. It was as if he was questioning whether his ears had malfunctioned.
"You truly are a shameless vixen!!!"
Lin Ling's face turned red with anger, her chest heaving. "You came for Brother Shen!!!" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Bai Ran shrugged, her expression casual and calm. "When did I ever deny it?"
"Tell me, how much money will it take for you to give him up to me?"
My Lord! Miss Bai has fallen for someone else!!!
Jing Feng winked and nudged Bai Ran, but Bai Ran didn't even spare him a glance.
It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over... It's all over!!! My Lord is going to skin me alive and drown me in a pig's trough!
Lin Ling's shoulders trembled with rage. This woman was too insulting! She gritted her teeth and spoke each word deliberately.
"Guards! Arrest her for me!!!"
Shen Xishou watched as Lin Ling's guards led Bai Ran away, and he frantically wanted to intervene.
But then he remembered her words, "How much money to give me up," and his hands froze in mid-air. He didn't know whether to retract them or extend them, caught in a dilemma.
Jing Feng looked at the scene before him, completely bewildered. It wasn't until Bai Ran's telepathic message echoed in his mind that he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The plan remains unchanged. We'll escape immediately after I kill City Lord Lin."
Jing Feng, thoroughly scared, looked at Bai Ran's smiling eyes and nodded.
So, this was all a deliberate act by Miss Bai. This way, she could smoothly infiltrate the City Lord's mansion.
But Miss Bai... could you perhaps inform me next time...
"My apologies, young master," Shen Xishou lowered his gaze, his voice full of regret.
Jing Feng glanced at him and pouted. See, here's another one who's been fooled.
...
"Walk faster! If you keep dawdling, I'll break your arm!"
Lin Ling walked at the forefront, her guards constantly pushing Bai Ran, urging her to hurry.
For a moment, Bai Ran truly appeared like an ordinary woman, fearfully scanning her surroundings.
"The City Lord's mansion? You're actually the City Lord's daughter!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ling smiled proudly. "You only realize that now? It's too late!"
She had never endured such humiliation in her life. Today, she would torment this vixen to death!
"Miss Lin is back! Open the gate quickly!" A shout rang out, and the heavy gate slowly creaked open.
Bai Ran's photographic memory had long since allowed her to grasp the layout of every city, let alone this small City Lord's mansion.
She looked up, her gaze fixed on the most remote rocky mountain. Who would have thought that City Lord Lin had hollowed out the rocks to hide the entire City Lord's mansion's treasures?
Seeing Bai Ran's fixed stare, Lin Ling assumed she was terrified and sneered without any pretense.
"Indeed, a desolate place like Black Crow City probably can't even afford one of the statues in my mansion."
Bai Ran lowered her head without replying. Pity that Lin Ling didn't know that Black Crow City now possessed an entire crystal ore vein.
The value of a crystal ore vein was not comparable to this small City Lord's mansion.
Perhaps if her entire estate, along with all its treasures and furnishings, were sold, they still wouldn't fetch a tenth of the crystals in the ore vein.
Such tempting riches were indeed the reason other cities would covet it and take such actions.
"Lock her up in the dungeon! No one is allowed in without my command!"
"Yes—!"
The dim prison cell had only a small window. The damp air made her nostrils uncomfortable, and the filth in the corners made her want to vomit.
"Creak—Bang!" The prison door was tightly locked. After a long while, the guards walked away.
Her spiritual power spread out, instantly covering the entire City Lord's mansion.
There were three strong individuals in the southwest direction. Bai Ran's strength was not enough to confront them. City Lord Lin's aura emerged, and a dark glint flashed in her eyes.
"Click—" The handcuffs shattered on the ground. Bai Ran flexed her wrists, a smile gracing her lips.
Not only did they not assign guards to watch her, but they didn't even use any treasures that could restrain spiritual energy. She really wondered if Lin Ling was foolish or stupid.
"Now, let's begin..."
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"Find me three beggars, the uglier and dirtier the better!"
The guards complied and quickly left for the streets.
Lin Ling was indignant. Just thinking of that vixen eyeing Brother Shen made her furious!
How dare she covet her Brother Shen and speak so outrageously? If she didn't teach her a lesson, she wouldn't be surnamed Lin!
"My dear daughter, why are you so angry? Why don't you tell Father?"
City Lord Lin, with a kind face, walked up to Lin Ling, his hands behind his back.
Lin Ling pouted and huffed discontentedly, "Some vixen spoke disrespectfully to Brother Shen, and Ling'er couldn't stand it!"
"Oh? Then Ling'er has indeed done a good deed by eliminating a scourge for the people!"
City Lord Lin smiled, but his heart was filled with anxiety. All the cultivators sent to Black Crow City had been lost. How many unknown powerful individuals had appeared in Black Crow City...
It seemed that he would have to find another way to deal with the crystal ore vein...
"Father? Father!" A small hand waved before his eyes, and City Lord Lin snapped back to attention.
"Honestly, Father isn't even listening to Ling'er!"
Lin Ling glared at City Lord Lin with a pout. Father had always been like this; matters of the city always came before his daughter.
"Father is wrong. Ling'er, please don't be angry anymore, alright?"
Just then, a guard rushed in, his expression anxious. "City Lord! Something has happened at Rocky Mountain!"
"What!" Something happened at Rocky Mountain! What about the treasures inside!
City Lord Lin strode out hastily, leaving Lin Ling's room in a flurry.
"Sigh..." Lin Ling drooped her eyes in disappointment. She hadn't even told Father that she had brought back that vixen...
City Lord Lin strode towards Rocky Mountain, his heart pounding like a drum. "Where are the items inside?"
The guard followed behind, hesitating. "City, City Lord... you'd better see for yourself..."
In front of Rocky Mountain, City Lord Lin looked around. Seeing that no one was present, he took out a key and turned it in a small hole on the rock.
A secret door slowly opened, but at this moment, City Lord Lin frowned suspiciously.
It was very quiet around, and there was no sign that the secret door had been opened. How did the guard discover something had happened?
Could it be... his eyes widened instantly, and he glared fiercely at the guard behind him. "Who exactly are you!"